I think it was touched on like once in the past a very long time ago
I mentioned it in a thread 2 months ago so this is so cool to know that it hasn't been a forgotten fact... though a little misleading because though she wasn't signed with Sony, she had a deal with them and had a lot of sessions under them (late 2010-mid 2011), I believe this was just for her to work more and bring new music into them to potentially sign her but they weren't feeling anything she was doing. Then Video Games blew up and Sony probably wanted to sign her then but she was like nah and went to Interscope
There was a guy at Sony who was in love with Lana (thought she was hot) and opened up closed studios just for her to record free stuff queen shit...
sorry if this is the wrong topic thread, please move it mods...
Larry Jackson speaks about getting Lana Del Rey on SNL & signing her to Interscope!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7F3Xomh64jZibxbLuOhXuw?si=ca2f46102e8c4f75
Larry speaks about A&R and how amazing Lana Del Rey is! he helped sign her to Interscope and get her the SNL deal. calls her initially as "ah Lizzy"
Larry and his pal John Ehmann were fired from SONY Music. John Ehmann said Larry should listen to a demo called "Diet Mtn Dew" by an artist named Lana, who Sony just passed on.
Larry loved it!
says he met Lana 2 months after he himself moved to Los Angeles. she came in looking like she had walked off the set of the BTD album cover! Lol. he was enthralled by her.
Says the night before she signed w/Interscope, she got a deal from SONY UK for 2 times as much money, and she said No! and signed the next day with Interscope !!!! (our queen)
Larrys says lana means so much to him and Interscope. He says at that point he was willing to help her do anything to help her artistic vision come to life (especially understanding that 2 times amount Sony offered was a big deal to a artist trying to make ends meet)
He says she told him she wanted to be "Gangsta Nancy Sinatra" and he was sold! Ed/Ben/Lana signed officially and INterescope helped them make BTD with Emile Haynie and Justin Parker.
BTD cost only $183,000.
says he got an idea to write a letter to Jimmy Iovine to send to Lorne Michael of SNL about getting Lana on.
Discussed how being an A&R is about believing in the vision when no one else does. Says the Brian Williams article was very hurtful to him and to lana (bc at the time Brian Williams was a respected journalist - which is funny now because he got fired and lost journalistic integrity for fabricating a story about jumping out of a plane in the Iraq war in 2003 _ LOL did "did anyone else die for you")
Larry talks a bit more about how she and Chief Keef at such important musical figures who have shaped music and provided a breath of fresh air to a time of stagnant music.
Larry says he felt extremely motivated after SNL and so did Lana.
MY ENDORSEMENTS
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Most Active: Dark Angel, Embach
Status Updater: Dark Angel
Best Username: Dark Angel
Best PFP: Elle
Best Signature: Elle, Lemonade Motorcycle Heaven
Best Taste: Dark Angel
Nicest Member: Dark Angel, Embach
Veteran Member: Elle, Dark Angel, ultrabanisters
Best New Member: lemonade motorcycle heaven, motel 6
Best Banned Member: The person who was obsessing over mature sweaty swamp men in the kink thread (I forgot their username)
Underrated Member: Waimea Bay
Most Missed Sis: southbeachswing
Biggest Stan: Dark Angel, Elle
Peace Keeper: NikoGo
Self- Loathing Poet: Liz Taylor Blues
Jack Anti-noff: Lindsay Lohan
Thread Of The Year: Kink Thread, Lana Rats Thread
Drama Of The Year: lizzyology getting "cancelled"
Photoshoot Of The Year: Skims
Leak Of The Year: Zodiac, Ice Cream
Iconic Moment Of The Year: Lana getting married
Lipster Of The Year: Dark Angel
would love to get a nomination there are so many amazing lipsters here honestly. idk what to even nominate myself for but here's some ideas for you guys ~
status updater - love interacting with you all on status updates! replying to people's posts has been so fun getting to know you all more <3
be my daddy - I feel weird nominating myself lol but I have posted some pics on photos of you thread and posted one this past week
underrated member & nicest member - just because idk what else I would be nominated for I've been pretty active this year always try to be nice to everyone
anyways, I genuinely feel super grateful for you all. not only having somewhere to talk about lana, but also being an amazing community
it's so hard to choose, but here are some of my endorsements of amazing members I think people should choose if they're having trouble picking ♡︎
most active - @Dark Angel @Embach
status updater - @Mer @Dark Angel @Embach @venice biotch @jimmyjimmycocoapuff
best username - @BethDufreneOnTheBayouByYou @prettywhenimhigh @boom like that
nicest - @Embach + the mods and Elle. alsooo @laurita for literally bringing me chocolates from her country when I met her! the sweetest person truly <3
veteran member - @Veinsineon @Dark Angel @The Stargirl Pinky @Beautiful Loser @Rorman Nockwell
best new member - @laurita @venice biotch @motel six @Waimea Bay @audreysdance so many great ones this year
underrated member - @DeadSeaOfMercury @honeymoon is alive @Cherry Blossom @Pico Ocean Boulevard @Candy Necklace
hybrid fan - @Mer @TrashMagiq @details
biggest Stan - @That Venice Bitch @Elle @Dark Angel @Embach
peace keeper - mods and elle because we wouldn't have peace without them
bartender award - @Mer @Veinsineon @The Stargirl Pinky @ultrabanisters @111 everyone here is hilarious but you all never fail to make me laugh so thank u
be my daddy - @Elle @Mer @taco truck honestly there's so many good looking members here you are all beautiful <3
thread of the year - lana as rats obviously. I've always been a rat supporter since the beginning. @venice biotch was ahead of her time!!
lipster of the year - @Embach @Dark Angel @Mer
wish I could include more people but I love u all <3
Welcome to the 2024 Lipsters Awards!
It's that time of year again! Our annual Lipsters Awards is our website's own awards ceremony where we all come together to honour all the members, music, moments, memories, and messiness that make our community what it is.
I am pleased to announce that nominations are NOW OPEN from today until January 1st at 12am ET. We will then move on to our voting period, and the official awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 18th - so clear your calendars for the festivities!
Below, you will see a list of this year's 39 categories (5 new categories are being introduced this year!) and a brief description of what each award entails. For this nomination period, please visit the link below and nominate up to 5 entries per category that you wish to see win an award. The top 5 nominees in each category will advance to the voting round where we will then vote for our winners. Try to think of a number and variety of options! (Note: Please be sure to separate each nomination in the category by hitting the RETURN key in the form - this is preferred rather than using a comma to separate. Once you submit your nominations, please comment that you have done so or DM @admin as only one nomination ticket is permitted per member, and this ensures that nominations are submitted fairly.)
If you can't think of enough nominations, please try your best and submit all that you can! You all have a little over two weeks to come up with your nominations, so please feel free to take your time to consider who/what you would like to nominate. I have not made it mandatory for every field to be completed, and although it is highly encouraged that you try to submit multiple nominations for each category, I have done this so all feel comfortable submitting nominations even if you aren't familiar enough with our member base to nominate for every category. Also, for those who wish to be nominated, please feel free to begin your campaigns below, or campaign for other members you think deserve some awards!
I look forward to hosting this year's annual ceremony with you all again! The annual Lipsters Awards are always my among my favourite days we have on here, and I anticipate them each year. I love how we can all come together to have our own special day all about us. It's the perfect way to begin our year as we pay tribute to the last. Wishing everyone lots of love and luck! x
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS HERE
Even without our notorious “Time Online” tracker that is now just a burning memory, at this point I’m sure we all can recognise who our most repeat visitors are! The Most Active award will be bestowed upon the member that frequently blesses us with their posts. Also thanks for boosting our AdSense revenue - your interest really made stacks out of it for me (jk I wish) xx
Sometimes a thought isn’t worth a thread post, and that’s okay! The recipient of the Status Updater award is the one who makes the best use out of our Status Update feature to let us know their thoughts for the day, their favourite new tunes, their drunken rambles, and the like. (& with the abundance of new random threads still constantly being created, I greatly thank the ones who utilise this feature instead when appropriate.)
Whether it be a Lana reference or pun, an iconic song title, or just a purely imaginative name, we all have that one member whose name makes us smile, and the Best Username award is for that special someone.
For the Worst Username award... well... we will just assume your first option was already taken.
Members are allowed to creatively express themselves through their profile picture, and the Best Profile Picture award honours our favourites. Whether it be a beautiful photograph of Lana, an image of their lovely self, another iconic artist, a stunning artwork, or just an aesthetically pleasing image, let's show some love to the little square images we all associate our members with.
With the best must come with the worst. To oppose the previous award, our new Worst Profile Picture award honours the profile images that give us all a little jumpscare when we see them. Perhaps it's time for a change.
This is the first of the five new awards we've added this year! A member's signature gives a deeper insight into who they are. Whether it be their favourite quote or lyric, carefully selected imagery to match their profile picture, a graphic they designed themselves, or just something they feel truly defines them, the Best Signature award will honour whose signature you admire seeing after every post they make.
Even I myself can't deny that I have at times turned off viewing signatures because some members' signature are just way too much to tolerate. Whether it be a catastrophe of multiple gifs that slows down page loading, a certain artist you despise that you can't stand seeing after every post a member makes, or any other general eyesore, the new Worst Signature award will give that member a hint that perhaps it is time to switch their signature, or just get rid of it completely.
The Best Taste award is to honour the member who is the embodiment of true taste. Their opinions are like Gucci (all over their body.) Let’s discuss this – they’re disgusting, you’re delicious.
Well, you can’t agree with everyone. Opposite from our previous award, the Worst Taste award is for the one whose opinions leave others questioning. We’re sorry, but we still love you anyway.
This award is reserved for our own America’s Sweetheart who always keeps it sugary sweet. Let’s show our appreciation for those who make LanaBoards an enjoyable place to be with the Nicest Member award.
No negativity on this site, thank u. But it happens sometimes. This award is for our feisty pitbull who takes no shame in digging their claws in every now and then. Take your Rudest Member award, and then maybe chill out.
Old is gold. This award is to honour our member who has continued to come back year after year despite the madness, the one who has become truly embedded within LanaBoards culture. Give a salute as we honour the right person who has stayed with us with the Veteran Member award.
(Note: Only accounts who have joined before August 2019 are eligible for this award)
Old may be gold, but new can be diamonds! The Best New Member award is for our favourite new face, who thankfully hasn’t been scared away yet. We'd like to think that you will stick around.
(Note: Only accounts who have joined after August 2023 are eligible for this award)
Everybody loves an underdog. The Underrated Member award is for the member who you feel doesn’t get enough credit around here and deserves their flowers. We won’t let you die an underdog in vain.
Though I truly resent this award each year, at this point it has become tradition. As our member graveyard grows slowly but surely each year, the Best Banned Member award is to honour someone who is no longer here with us due to their own naughtiness. Perhaps a legend in their own right, pour out a drink for our fallen sisters with this award. (in b4 it’s all the same person in 5 different variants.)
The Most Missed Sis award is for someone who isn't necessarily a banned member, but for one who unfortunately hasn't been around for a while on their own accord. Who do you miss seeing? Who do you want to have their comeback era? Let them know through this award.
This one is for the top Lipster, Lanatic, Lanita, Little F*cker, Vintage Kid, or whatever else you want to call us Lana stans. Whether it be because of their huge Lana collection, their knowledge of Lana’s life history, their frequency at live shows, or just their general massive appreciation for Lana, the Biggest Stan award will honour the true ride or die (bitch.)
“When will people be over her? I am a Hater.” Although this is a whole forum dedicated to Lana herself, we do have those members who give her a hard time, and that’s why I cross my fingers that Lana doesn’t visit here too often. Although I don’t endorse the hatred, perhaps the Biggest Lana Hater award can give a little hint-hint nudge-nudge to ease off… or just add more fuel to the fire.
Although this is a Lana forum, we have plenty of members who are here solely for our entertainment section, which makes up a huge portion of our site. So, who’s your favourite Angel? Your favourite Little Ferrari? Your favourite Diamond? Your favourite Crybaby? Your favourite Swiftie? The Hybrid Fan award is our special thanks to a member who continues to visit, even if Lana isn’t their primary reason for their stay. Everyone is welcome a seat at the table.
It’s no doubt that LanaBoards can be a war zone, and this award is for the member who always tries to keep the peace so our world can keep dancing. Whether it be a moderator or an unofficial officer, let’s honour the member who walks into the depth of the fire to put out the flames with the Peace Keeper award. I’ll also be taking note of these nominees as possible future mods, or those mods who deserve an extra pat on the back. Appreciate ya.
The Attention Whore award is to give a gentle nudge that this place is in fact LanaBoards, not ____Boards. No disrespect here, just honesty.
A new special award - and one that we definitely should have already had! It is only proper that we finally thank those whose humourous posts keep the site's love alive. The Bartender Award - for Funniest Member will honour the member whose posts never fail to make us go "ha ha ha ha!"
If LanaBoards had a dating app, who would be your super like? Who has you drooling in the Pictures of You thread? The Be My Daddy Award - for Hottest Member is to honour the hottest of the hot, whether you’re a daddy, mommy, or sexy enby.
Whether it be someone who has a meltdown over every single Lana notification or just simply cannot hold themselves back from falling apart all over the boards letting their head spin like a ballerina, the Queen of Disaster Award - for Biggest Drama Queen is for them. A little extra dramatics never hurt anyone. Most of the time.
Which member’s posts give you continuous war flashbacks, the same kind of feeling you get whenever you see a picture of a typewritten message posted on IG? The Q.F.T.C Award - for Most Problematic Member is for them, and I hope their own QFTC proclamation awaits.
Perhaps this is a member who is no stranger to the mod queue or one that maybe you think deserves to have their unhinged posts moderated before public view. (Disclaimer that the winner of the Mod Queue Award - for Most Annoying Member award will not actually receive mod queue for it... At least not yet, anyway.)
LanaBoards houses so much talent within our member base, and the Big Eyes Award - for Best Artist honours our true artists – whether it be for their physical or digital art, we truly have so much talent here. I will also be taking notes for future site theme design help xx
We have talent of all kinds here, including those who are masters of audio art! Whose remixes have tricked you into believing a demo of a Lana song leaked on the site that shall not be named? Who do you wish will be Lana’s next core producer? Let them know with the Jack Anti-noff Award - for Best Audio Artist, and perhaps you could rival Mr. Antonoff for production credits on LDR11.
As I do have to pay extra to keep the Blog section alive, you bet damn well I’m going to honour the members who actually use it. Perhaps the Self-Loathing Poet Award - for Best Blogger may even inspire others to make their life their poetry, aside from their lovemaking being their legacy (or whatever you like to post in there.)
Every year, there is always one certain thread that gives us that lust for life that keeps this site alive. The Thread of the Year award is to honour that thread and all the chaos and wonderfulness that ensued within it. We wouldn’t be without it.
As Lana proclaimed at the 2015 Golden Globes Awards, “Well, I love drama!” Whether it be site-related drama or Lana-related drama, there is never a dry day in the Lana Fandom. The Drama of the Year award is for the little extra spice within the fandom that took the cake this year.
Note: Please only nominate drama related to Lana or LanaBoards. Do not nominate any off-site drama, even if it involved our members.
A new grand award! We have had so many iconic performances this year that it is only right that we honour the best, especially as we gear up for Lana's upcoming sold-out UK & Ireland stadium tour. Whether you loved a particular concert's setlist, outfits, vocals, special guests, or if you simply enjoyed watching either in person or via livestream, the Performance of the Year award will honour the show that will live down in herstory.
Eligible performances:
"If you become a fashion icon, I'm gonna kill myself!" - Chuck Grant
Someone do a wellness check on Chuck as with the dream team (Molly, Etienne, and Anna supremacy) on her side, Lana served us multiple stunning looks this year. From red carpet and special event looks that left us gagged in our Appearances section, to her upgraded concert style, to even random serves on the street, Lana did not let us forget that she will forever be young and beautiful, and this new Look of the Year award will honour the most delectable serve.
Lana not only blesses us with her beautiful voice, but also her beautiful self captured in photographs. It's always an exciting day when a new photoshoot is published, with fans perhaps using the opportunity to select that next photo to use as their phone lockscreen or computer wallpaper so they can have a constant reminder of their favourite face. As an individual who is beautiful both inside and out, let's honour our queen's outer beauty with the returning Photoshoot of the Year award.
*Please nominate up to 5 of your favourite Lana photoshoots of this year. The top 5 will continue to the next voting round.*
Eligible photoshoots:
Though a controversial topic at times, leaks are undoubtedly a part of Lana stan culture, and we had quite a bountiful year this year! Which locked-away masterpiece that broke away from its chains wowed you this year? Whether it be a song we had been counting down the days for or a complete surprise, it’s only right that we honour these previously hidden gems with the Leak of the Year award.
*Please nominate up to 5 of your favourite Lana songs that were leaked this year. The top 5 will continue to the next voting round.*
Eligible Songs:
Though our basket of released songs isn't as bountiful as previous years, it has still become tradition to have our Song of the Year award. This award will honour our favourite tune that became part of our soundtrack for this year, making its way to the top of our wraps and replays.
*As only 2 new songs and 3 new remixes were released this year, this category will not have a nomination round and the following 5 songs will move straight to the voting round.*
Eligible songs:
Not only do we stan an icon, but this site itself is iconic in its own right. Whether it’s something Lana herself did or something that happened on LanaBoards, the new Iconic Moment of the Year award will honour that top memory of the year that will forever live down in Lipster history.
This award is for our true living legend. Who truly made LanaBoards what it was this year? Let us bestow our honour upon this sacred member through the coveted Lipster of the Year award. We'll never forget you, like the tunnel under Ocean Blvd.
omg could u imagine, if she makes a lyric booklet, i hope there's cute iphone pics of him on his airboat tours or a polaroid of them at their wedding
it'd be really cool if we got drawings of him for variants like those ocean blvd drawings of lana
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